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Robert E. Truax
Instructor, Veterinary Microbiology
Manager, Cell Culture and
Media Preparation Labs
Laboratory:
Link
Phone: 225-578-9707
Fax: 225-578-9701
rtruax@vetmed.lsu.edu |
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Education:
B.S. Louisiana State University • M.S. Louisiana State University • Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Dr. Truax manages the centralized service, Cell Culture and Monoclonal Antibody Laboratory. He offers a popular graduate course, "Cell Culture and Biotechnology". The course is offered every Fall Semester and emphasizes the use of cell culture in a wide range of biological fields. He helps in other courses in immunology and virology.
Research Interests
He provides a wide range of services and cooperative research with various researchers throughout the School of Veterinary Medicine and the main campus. He is cooperating with various researchers at other universities in need of services and technical expertise in the area of cell culture. He has responsibilities in providing cells, media and solutions for various courses taught in the School of Veterinary Medicine. He provides expertise in the production of hybridomas for various researchers both at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Louisiana State University.
Selected Publications
Baghian, A., K.G. Kousoulas, R.E. Truax, and J. Storz. 1996. Specific antigens of Chlamydia percorum and their homologous in C. Psittci and C. trachomatis. Am. J. Vet. Res. 57:1720-1725.
Zucker, B.A., A. Baghian, R.E. Truax, K.L. O'Reilly, and J. Storz. 1996. Detection of strain specific antigenic epitopes on the lipo-oligosaccharide of Haemoophilus parasuis by use of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. AJVR. 57:63-67.
Newman, M.J., M.J. Stear, R.E. Truax, D.D. French, and D.E. Franke. 1996. Evidence for genetic control of bovine antibody response induced by vaccination with Brucella abortus strain 19. Vet. Immuno. Immunopathol. 50:43-54.
Samartino, L.E., R.E. Truax, and F.M. Enright. 1994. Invasion and replication of Brucella abortus in three different trophoblastic cell lines. J. Vet. Med. B. 41:229-236.
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